Brian King needs more surgery for facial wounds

A state trooper who was shot near the end of a long standoff between his Special Emergency Response Team and a robbery suspect is home from the hospital after being treated for eye injuries but will have more surgery Monday.

Police said Trooper Brian King was shot twice by the gunfire in Latrobe and was saved by his gear -- a mask with a face shield and helmet.

"You can see markings in the left side of the mask. Some of the fragments had impacted the left side of that face shield," Trooper John Matchik said during a news conference Monday. "You can also see some residual blood markings inside the mask."

Sources told WTAE's Ashlie Hardway that King still has some fragments somewhere in his facial region. It's hoped that he will regain eyesight, but he will otherwise be OK.

The suspect, Scott Murphy, was found dead following the gunfire at a house on Lloyd Avenue shortly after noon Friday. Police said on Monday that their SERT officers shot Murphy several times but they are waiting for autopsy reports to show whether the 46-year-old man shot himself or died from one of their bullets.

Murphy made several suicidal comments and had a .380-caliber gun and an AR-15 during the nearly 18-hour standoff, Matchik said. He added that police consider it to be a case of criminal attempted homicide because of the gunfire exchange. The case is still under investigation.

Murphy had been tracked to the house after an armed robbery was reported Thursday at Precision Care Pharmacy on Dailey Avenue, police said.

Photos: 15-hour standoff ends with suspect dead, trooper shot

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Latrobe SERT standoff

A 15-hour standoff with a heavily armed Special Emergency Response Team began Thursday evening and continued into the early part of Friday afternoon, ending with a suspect dead and a state police trooper wounded.

WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND JOINS US MORE WITH A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH MORE ON THEIR FINDINGS. ASHLIE? Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, JANELLE. WE KNOW TROOPER BRIAN KING IS OUT OF HOSPITAL AND WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO SURGERY LATER TODAY AND WE GOT OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE PROTECTIVE GEAR HE WAS WEARING WHEN HE WAS SHOT. THE OFFICERS SCOTT SCOTT MURPHY SEVERAL TIME. THOUGH STILL AWAITING AUTOPSY RESULTS TO SHOW IF HE DIED FROM A POLICE BULLET OR HIS OWN. MURPHY MADE SEVERAL SUICIDAL COMMENTS AND HAD A .380 CALIBER GUN AND AR-15 DURING THE NEARLY 18-HOUR STANDOFF. BELL VERNON TROOPER BRIAN KING WAS SHOT TWICE, BUT HIS GEAR SAVED HIS LIFE. AND CAN YOU SEE MARKINGS IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MASK. SOME OF THE FRAGMENTS HAD IMPACTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT FACE SHIELD, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME RESIDUAL BLOOD MARKINGS INSIDE THE MASK. SOURCES TELL ME THAT TROOPER KING HAS SOME FRAGMENTS STILL IN HIS FACIAL REGION SOMEWHERE, AND THAT'S WHERE HE'S UNDERGOING THE SURGERY FOR. LATER TODAY THEY SAY THEY ARE HOPEFUL HE'LL REGAIN EYESIGHT AND WILL OTHERWISE BE OKAY. WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES FOR YOU IN OUR LATER NEWSCAST AND

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